The simplicity of Christian Science is the simplicity of Godlikeness, of true childlikeness; it is symbolized by the blending purity of the stars, and of the song of birds. There is naught within this Science that confounds or confuses; it is free from all the subtlety of error; and it has no complexity that would disturb the honest endeavor of any seeker for Truth, for it has a welcome where one is at home with good. Within it there is no element of compounded good and evil, for Christian Science is the direct expression of God; and as God is one, there is only the element of oneness in divine Science. Mrs. Eddy in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 342) speaks of "the simplicity of the oneness of God." As the oneness of God is simple, that which this oneness expresses is simple. Christian Science is simple because its Principle, which is God, is without guile or duplicity.
Christian Science presents the truthful statement about God, man, and the universe. Its statement is natural, and that which is truly natural is always simple. Surely God, who is the creator of all, would not express qualities so complex that it would be difficult to understand Him or His creation. That is, God would not make it natural for man to be ignorant of Him or His creation. Such a condition would not be good, and so it would not be real. God has given man, has given our true selves, an infinite understanding of reality, and so it is natural that each one should recognize and use the simplicity of Christian Science.
We should make it a law to ourselves that we understand Christian Science; that it is simple and natural in its unfoldment to us. We should know that our progress in understanding is a spiritual expansion controlled by the one Mind; that, as we need fresh, new ideas to overcome an evil, these ideas are ours for the taking and using. We must not stand in our own light and accept what animal magnetism suggests, namely, that it is difficult to understand Christian Science, that it is impossible of present proof, or that, although we have the letter, we have not the spirit and cannot demonstrate it.
